Yeoju City Holds Implementation Plan Report Meeting for '2025 Yeoju Tourism Year of Origin'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Yeoju City held an implementation plan report meeting for '2025 Yeoju Tourism Year of Origin' on the 16th at the city hall situation room.

The report meeting was organized as a first step toward leaping forward to become South Korea's premier tourism city where history, culture, and nature coexist, and to usher in an era of 6 million tourists.

The report meeting was attended by Mayor Lee Chung-woo, the deputy mayor, bureau chiefs, Yeoju City Corporation, and the Yeoju Sejong Culture and Tourism Foundation, with 35 departments and heads of 2 organizations participating. They shared promotion plans for a total of 75 projects, beginning with the 2025 Yeoju Tourism Year of Origin promotion strategy presented by the head of the Tourism and Sports Division.

This year, the city presented five tourism city promotion strategies under the goal of '2025 Yeoju, A Bold Leap as a Tourism City!' △ Affordable Yeoju (temporary free admission to paid tourism facilities and discount coupons for the tourism industry) △ Yeoju at a Glance (unified tourism symbol image usage) △ Yeoju Welcoming Tourists Together with Citizens (citizen courtesy campaign with "Hello! Welcome!" and citizen pledge meetings) △ Yeoju Tourism City Becoming Known (KBS2 '1 Night 2 Days' broadcast and intensive online promotional marketing) △ Yeoju Making a New Leap (year of origin vision declaration with many attractions).

Meanwhile, the city plans to actively reflect the opinions drawn from this report meeting, making 2025 a new beginning for Yeoju tourism, and endeavoring to establish itself as 'South Korea's representative tourism city.'

Mayor Lee Chung-woo said, "Starting from this report meeting, we will go through an intensive preparation phase until April, then hold the Year of Origin declaration ceremony and swinging bridge opening ceremony on May 1st, and plan to carry out diverse projects through November," adding, "All public officials and citizens will do their best together to leap forward as a 6-million-tourist city."